Ezekiel 44
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1Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looks toward the east; and it [was] shut.
2Then said the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), the God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], has entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
3 [It is] for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate); he shall enter by the way of the porch of [that] gate, and shall go out by the way of the same.
4Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) filled the house of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate): and I fell upon my face.
5And the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with youri eyes, and hear with youri ears all that I say unto youi concerning all the ordinances of the house of the Lord-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.
6And youi shall say to the rebellious, [even] to the house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], Thus says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER); O you2f house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], let it suffice you of all your abominations,
7In that you2f have brought [into my sanctuary] strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, [even] my house, when you2f offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.
8And you2f have not kept the charge of my holy things: but you2f have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves.
9Thus says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER); No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that [is] among the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].
10And the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to] that are gone away far from me, when Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity.
11Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, [having] charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.
12Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER), and they shall bear their iniquity.
13And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy [place]: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed.
14But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done in it.
15But the priests the Levi’im (Levites) [Joined to], the sons of Tzadok [righteous], that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER):
16They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge.
17And it shall come to pass, [that] when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.
18They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen trousers upon their waist; they shall not gird [themselves] with anything that causes sweat.
19And when they go forth into the outer court, [even] into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify (make holy; set apart for God’s use) the people with their garments.
20Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
21Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.
22Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], or a widow that had a priest before.
23And they shall teach my people [the difference] between the holy and Profane (treat as common; defile), and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
24And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; [and] they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my assemblies; and they shall hallow (to approve, commend, accept) my Shabbat.
25And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that has had no husband, they may defile themselves.
26And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.
27And in the day that he goes into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, says the Lord-Adonai [Greatest Above All Things] GOD-Yehōvih (THE FATHER).
28And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I [am] their inheritance: and you2f shall give them no possession in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God]: I [am] their possession.
29They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] shall be theirs.
30And the first of all the firstfruits of all [things], and every oblation of all, of every [sort] of your oblations, shall be the priest’s: you2f shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in youi house.
31The priests shall not eat of anything that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
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